Legal Opinion
Burke v. Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 29, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-374PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CAHN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a citizen merchant seaman, seeks to collect penalty wages and to declare invalid certain regulations of the United States Coast Guard under which seamen’s wages are computed.
Plaintiff was on foreign articles on defendant Mathiasen’s “SS Sohio Resolute” from October 31, to December 5, 1973. On December 6, 1973, he rejoined the crew of said vessel in the capacity of engineman and signed foreign articles providing compensation at the rate of $663.13 per month. Plaintiff worked through and including January 7, 1974, when he signed off articles…
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